Program Management, Administrative, Clerical, and Technical Services (PACTS) III Overview Introduction: US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is standing Pacts III (Program Management, Administrative, Clerical, and Technical Services III) IDIQ contract as the ordering period of PACTS II (2017 – 2023) is coming to an end.
The anticipated solicitation release date is November 17, 2023. This IDIQ Contract is released under the primary NAICS 541611, 561110 & 541330 in three Functional Categories: FC1 (Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services), FC2 (Office of Administrative Services), & FC3 (Engineering Services) respectively.
This contract vehicle is set aside for four socio-economic categories viz, SDVOSB, WOSB, HUBZone, and 8(a) and has 10 Years as a total Ordering Period. (Base period 3 years, 3 option periods of 2-year duration each, 4th option period of 1-year duration) and 15 years as the Total Delivery Period with an aggregate Ceiling: of $8.5B.
Expected Number of Awards and Teaming Arrangement: This contract will result in multiple awards, a total of 96 awards are expected i.e., an estimated 8 awards per socio-economic track within each functional category (A total of 3 functional categories and 4 Socio-economic tracks resulting in 96 awards).
Apart from the Prime contractor only, there are three (3) possible Teaming Arrangements in this contract ranging from Small Business Teaming Arrangement, SBA Joint Venture and Mentor-Protégé arrangement moreover, PACTS III prime contractor may be a subcontractor to another PACTS III prime contractor on task orders solicited and awarded under the Master Contract.
Also, Offerors are required to submit one (1) proposal for each Functional Category. Offerors need to submit one (1) proposal within multiple socio-economic tracks in a Functional Category.
Points Scoring Means and Restrictions: Points can be scored for Adequate Accounting system and Facility Clearance.
For an Adequate Accounting System, if the Offeror is an SBA Small Business JV or SBA MPP JV, the accounting system of the member that will bill the Government for all task orders must meet the definition of “adequate” and For Facility Clearance, if the offeror is part of an SBA Small Business JV, facility clearance information can be from either the JV itself or each of the individual JV partner(s) that will perform the necessary security work. Projects or experiences submitted under PACTS III are not being claimed more than once for PACTS III under any other proposal.
Contractors who have performed a predominant amount of work in the experience can claim points for that project.
Experience Requirements: Experiences accepted under this contract can be any of these; Single award or multiple award IDIQ, Basic Ordering Agreement, Blanket Purchase Agreement, or Federal Supply Schedule. Projects from SBA Mentor-Protégé: 60% from Mentor and 40% from Protégé. Project Performance is required to be satisfactory or above and Federal Projects with no CPARS record will be evaluated as neutral.
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